Terming the political parties' assurance in their manifestos to waive off education loans as undesirable, an apex banking body has urged the Election Commission to get an undertaking from poll candidates that they are not bank loan defaulters.   A top official of the All India Bank...

It was a proud moment for India’s outgoing finance minister, Arun Jaitley. The government had raised Rs85,000 crore in disinvestment from public sector units (PSUs) compared with the targeted Rs80,000 crore in the fiscal ending March 2019, he proclaimed to New Delhi journalists last...

With only 39 per cent of the homes sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana built so far, completion of affordable housing projects under the PMAY has been slow, according to an Anarock report on Sunday.   "Progress under the PMAY has been slow. As of now, we're not looking at...

A few weeks back, when a leading national daily launched a campaign highlighting what it called ‘Lost Votes’, it was like old wounds being reopened. The campaign attempted to draw attention to the countless people who are unable to vote because they are not at the place where they are...

Social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, agreed on Wednesday to process any request from the Election Commission to take down content within three hours during the 48-hour period before voting days.   The agreement was arrived at a meeting between the Election...